Graduating – – To The Real World
You’re about to graduate. You’re about to join the ranks of those we call well-educated. But have all those years of study and sacrifice prepared you for the real world? In what reads like...
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College Senior & No Job Offer? Don’t Panic!
No job offer? Are you kidding me? You’ve worked your butt off for the last four to six years, have a stellar academic record, and now it’s April and you have no job offer....
6 Study Habits That Will Improve Your Retention Of Everything
How can you manage your study time and absorb everything you are learning? 1. Jump around. Study at home. At Starbucks. At the library. Mix up the locale to keep it...
The Free Samples Theory: Why Volunteering Could Get You Hired
As the program coordinator of NeighborScapes’s Civic Leadership Corps for low-income youth from 14 to 24 years old, and as an AmeriCorps VISTA about to complete her year-long term, I’ve been talking- and hearing-...
Reality and the City
“Dear Carrie Bradshaw, You are a [swear word] liar.” This is the first line of Jen Lancaster‘s book, “Bright Lights, Big Ass.” Ms. Lancaster has a point. Ever since my aunt was in law school downtown Chicago (I was...
20 Resume Tips from a Hiring Manager
I’m a hiring manager. During the last seven years I’ve reviewed an estimated five thousand to ten thousand resumes while hiring or promoting fifty people for three different companies. I’ve hired sales people, tech...
The Senior Series: Interviews. Out of Town and Out of Pocket.
Today’s Senior Series post was written Rob Pitingolo, one of the 5 amazing college seniors picked to be mentored and prepped by me for their first job and life after college. Around this time...
The Sex and The City Effect
After a 3 month stint in the far west suburbs, I’m all moved back into my fabulous Chicago apartment. The views from my apartment are awesome, my commute to work is about 10 minutes...
30 Things We’ve Learned Since Graduating College
So this post started on Twitter. I sent out a tweet asking what people had learned since college and got a HUGE immediate response. Check out my Twitter followers’ responses and a few of...
Girl Meets Business Presents: YP Rockstar!
One of my FAVORITE blogs written for young professional females is Girl Meets Business. LOVE IT. If you like this blog, you will love GMB. The girls at Girl Meets Business emailed me yesterday to let...